Stand for calendar-pads.



C. E'. LUNDBERG.

STAND FOR CALENAR PADS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2o. 19u.

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C. E.v LUNDBERG.

STAND FDR CALENDAR PADS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, i9lI.

Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

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stand. Y A Another aim of the invention 1s to so coni tion g comprises "a pad Vsupporting member i and a filing memberV and each of the said CARL E. "LUNDIBERG, CF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

-STAND FOR CALENDAR-PADS.`

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed February 20, 1917. Serial No. 149,899.

To all whom 'it may concern: i

Be it known that I CARL E. LUNDBERG, a

citizen of the United tates, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Vashington, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements in Stands for Calendar-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to desk stands and more particularly to stands designed for the support of calendar and memorandum pads comprising a numberof perforated leaves, and it is one aim of the invention to provide a stand of this class which will .be neat inl appearance, compact in form, and which will be so constructed that while adapted for irmsupport upon a desk will not be liable to mar the finish thereof.

Another aim of the invention is to so construct the stand that the memorandum or calendar pad may be readily removed therefrom and a new one substituted therefor andwithout the necessity of performing the tediouspperation of separately threading thezleaves'on to the ling; member of the struct the stand thatethe backing leaves for the 'pad will serve to 'prevent disarrangement of the members comprising the stand Awhiclrwould Vbelliable to release the leaves ofthe pad., y s. l Y.

Inthef accompanying drawings: u Figure l is fa perspective view illustrating the 4device embodying the present invention FigQ is avertical front to rear sectional 'view through the` stand` and the pad supportedv thereby 1;

`Fig. 3 is andpad;` Y A Fig.v Ltis a perspectivewview of the stand withlthepad removedgj Y L `Figfb is 'a vertical transversesectional view 'on the line 545 of Fig. 2. A The standembodying the present invenmembers is preferably formed from a single length oflresilient1wire1",The pad supportf V ing mel'nler comprises resi-lient spaced por- -tions indicated byjthe numeralV 1 Aformed between their front and rear ends with bends 2 AandLrearwardly of thebendsfQ'the por-- tins I slightlyfc'onverge as clearly shown 1n Fig. 3 Yof the drawings. Y Forwardly of the fbottom planview of the stand bends 2 the said portions diverge as indicated at 3, and are connected by a portion fl. Rearwardly of the bends 2 but relatively close thereto the spacedportions 1 of the supporting member are bent, as at 5, to extend upwardly and rearwardly withrelation to the plane occupied by the portions forwardly of the bends 2, it being observed by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings that when the device is in use the portions forwardly ofthe bends 2 will constitute a substantially horizontal support for the pad and that the portions rearwardly of the bends 5 will constitute an inclined support for the pad.

The filing member of the stand is, as previously stated, formed from a single length of resilient wire and the wire is bent to form spaced portions 6 and a connecting portion 7. The portion 7 connects the lower rear ends of the spaced portions 6 and the said portions 6 are inclined upwardly and forwardly as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings and intersect the portions l of the first described member rearwardly of the bends 5 and are pivotally connected therewith, as at 8. At a point substantially above the bends 2, the spaced portions 6 of the filing member are bent on a gradual curve, as at 9, and are then extended vertically downwardly, as at l0. It will be understood that when the pad is to ,be fitted to the filing member of the stand, the said filing member may be swung upon the pivots 8 so that the 'extremities of its portions l0 will clear the side portions of the supporting member of the stand whereupon the portions 10 of the said filing member may be inserted `through the perforations inthe leaves comprising the pad, or if the pad is to be'removed, it may be readily slipped from engagement with the said portions 10. As before stated, the wire from which the stand is formed is resilient,`

` eralfunctionsiwhen the device is 1n use, the members 10 are slightly sprung inwardly toward each other, or have a tendency to so spring, andY each is formed near its `lower end withV a notch.ll .designed to receive the respective spaced portion of the supporting member of 'the stand, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, of the drawings. Itwill now be apparent that when the side 'portions of the supporting member are engaged in the notches 11 the members will be prevented from relative movement upon the pivots 8. However, when it is desired to apply or remove a pad to or from the filing member the spaced portions of the supportinglmember near the bends 2 may be sprung inwardly to clear the notches 10 whereupon the members may be swung upon `their pivots, or, if the pad is, prior to its removal, located upon the portions G of the filing member `the lower ends of the portions 10 may be sprung apart and out of engagement with the spaced portions of the supporting member. By reference to Fig. 2 it will be apparent that the stand is so constructedv that the lower extremities of the portions 10 will be spaced above the surface of the desk and that in fact there will be no ends or sharp corners or bends presented in such a manner as to mar the finish `of the desk.

The leaves comprising the pad are indicated by the numeral 12 and they are arranged between backing leaves, indicated by Vthe numeral 13, which latter leaves are relatively thick and rigid. The leaves 12 are formed with spaced perforations 14 of a diameter greater than the diameter of the wire fi'oin which the filing member is formed so that the leaves may be readily transferred from one to the other of the portions 6 and 10 of the said filing member. The leaves 13 are also formed with perfoiations 15, but unlike the perforations 14, the perforations 15 are of the same diameter as that of the wire from which the filing member is formed so that the walls of the perforations 15 will `bind the portions 6 and 10 of the said filing member. Thus not onlyl are the leaves 13 properly held in position upon the portions 6 and 10 of the filingA member but, furthermore, it will be apparent by reference to Fig. 5 of the drawings, thatA the perforations 15 are so spacedW as to prevent relative separation of the lower extremities of the portions 10, and consequently. the said portions cannot become disengaged from the 'spaced portions of the supporting member and the leaves of v the pad cannot become lost or disarranged.

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The leaves 12 comprising the pad are each printed to represent one day in the year and the leaves are chronologically arranged.

Thus the leaf shown in Fig. lof thev draw- Y ingshas printed upon its face, as indicated at 16, a. calendar for the month of January, 1917 and as this pad leaf is the calendar leafQ for the `fourteenth day of January, the block or space in the calendar 16 occupied yby the` numeral 14 has a black background and the .i said numeral 14: appears in white, as indicated at 17 whereas the other day numerals are printed in black upon a white In this or any other desired manner the particular day of the month to said4 leaf relates and being printed -in rela;

tively large and bold type. At one side of the numeral 14 there is printed the month and at the other side the day, in the present instance, respectively, January and Sundty Upon the obverse face of each leaf 12 there are preferably" printed lines 19 and columns 2() and 21 and in the columns 20 there are preferably printed the usual Working or business hours of a `day and in the columns 21 may be written after the hour designations, the number of minutes after the hour at which an appointment, referred to upon the respective memorandum line 19,

is to be kept.

` Having thus described the inventiomwhat is claimed as new is:

1.7111 a device of the class described, a member having front and rear pad Supporting portions, and a filing member having spaced portions pivotally connected with the rear pad supporting portion of the first-mentioned member and having the terminals of its said portions arranged for locking engagement with the frontsuporting portion of the said first-mentioned member, the filingmemb'er having its rear portion extending below the pad supported member to form a rest for the rear of the device. l ,i

2. In a device of thecla'ss described, a

:member having front and rear pad supporting portions, therear `pad supportinfgi;`-`

portion being inclined upwardly `and rear` 'Y of the pivot extendingfdownwardly below 'A the pad supported-member to forma rest for the rear of tliemdevice.

connected with tl'ierearp'adlsupporting pore. in a device or the 4C1-ass described, member having front rearpad sup-` porting portions, a filing member `pivotally tion of the first-mentioned member, and

means affording ylockingfengagement between the said filing `member andthe front pad supporting portion of fthe Erst-mentionedV member, the "filing `member reai'-` wardly of its pivot being extended below the pad supported member to form a rest for the rear of the device.

4. In a device of the class described, a pad supporting member having a front pad supporting portion substantially horizontally disposed and a rear pad supporting portion inclined upwardly and rearwardly with relation to the first-mentioned portion, the said member Vbeing formed from wire and the said portions having spaced sides, and a filing member also formed from resilient wire and having spaced portions intersecting and pivotally connected with the spaced sides of the rear supporting portion of the first-mentioned member, the said spaced portions of the ling member forwardly of the pivot being inclined upwardly and forwardly and thence extended downwardly and at their ends lying beside the spaced side of the front pad supporting portion of the first-mentioned member, the saidV ends of the last-mentioned portions of the filing member being provided with notches receiving the said spaced sides of the front pad supporting portion of the first-mentioned member, the said spaced portions of the ling member'rearwardly of the pivot being extended downwardly to form a rest for the support of the rear of the device.

5. In a device of the class described, a

pad supporting member having spaced side portions and a connecting portion, the connecting portion constituting the base of the said member and the side portions extend- 1 ing rearwardly from the connecting portion in an approximately horizontal plane to provide a rest for a calendar pad and being thence inclined upwardly and rearwardly to provide a second rest located rearwardly of the irst-mentioned rest, and a ling member comprising a connecting portion and spaced side portions, the connecting portion of the said filing member constituting the base thereof and being located rearwardly of the connecting portion of the pad sup- ]orting member, the side portions of the ling member being inclined upwardly and forwardly from the connecting portion thereof and intersecting the side portions of the pad supporting member at the upwardly and rearwardly inclined parts thereof and being pivotally connected therewith, the said spaced portions of the ling member having their forward parts bent to extend substantially vertically downwardly with their ends normally interlocked with the said side portions of the pad supporting member.

In -testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CARL E. LUNDBERG. [1.. s]

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